The new plot twist is that in order to keep enough nitrogen and phosphorus near its surface, a planet has to start out with ...

The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.

As the climate crisis becomes a part of daily life with unprecedented heat waves and cold snaps, technology to effectively remove greenhouse gases is emerging as a critical global challenge. In ...

Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their ...

Life on Earth may have learned to breathe oxygen long before oxygen filled the skies. MIT researchers traced a key oxygen-processing enzyme back hundreds of millions of years before the Great ...

For life to develop on a planet, certain chemical elements are needed in sufficient quantities. Phosphorus and nitrogen are essential. Phosphorus is vital for the formation of DNA and RNA, which store ...

From the hills of southeast Indiana to the world stage of the Winter Olympics, local athletes have proven it’s possible to compete with the best.

The experts can use these findings in their search for life on exoplanets with similar chemical profiles.

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Beneath the calm waters of the South China Sea, the Dragon Hole plunges over 301 metres, hiding twisting tunnels, vanishing ...

As much as 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen may be in Earth’s core, scientists reported, suggesting most of Earth’s water was ...

Ancient enzymes show life’s nitrogen signal stayed unchanged for billions of years, helping scientists read early Earth.